ANDREAS Jonsson and Stuart Robson will be missing when Coventry entertain Wolverhampton in the first leg of the Midland Trophy at Brandon tomorrow night....

ANDREAS Jonsson and Stuart Robson will be missing when Coventry entertain Wolverhampton in the first leg of the Midland Trophy at Brandon tomorrow night.

The two Bees second-strings are in Sweden preparing for tomorrow afternoon's Intercontinental Final at Vastervik.

Six places are up for grabs from tomorrow's event for the end-of-season Grand Prix Challenge meeting in Slovenia, where the top six go forward to the 2002 GP series.

Jonsson would appear to have the best chance of making progress this weekend, and the reigning World Under 21 Champion is in a confident frame of mind.

He said: "I know the Vastervik track quite well and I know it is really important to make starts. It is a sandy track and sprays really heavy.

"I need to concentrate on gating, but I have done well there in recent seasons and hopefully I can do well again."

Robson goes into the event as an underdog, but he showed in this year's British Final - where he finished runner-up behind Mark Loram - that he is capable of raising himself for the big occasion.

He said: "It's another big experience for me but I am really looking forward to it. I have nothing to lose and everything to gain."

Bees draft in Peterborough's Nigel Sadler to guest for Robson against Wolves, and they use rider-replacement for Jonsson.

Wolverhampton also lose skipper Sam Ermolenko and Jesper B. Jensen to the Intercontinental Final, and Paul Hurry is sidelined with a knee injury. They call on the services of Belle Vue's Andy Smith and Ipswich's Craig Boyce as guests.

The second leg of the Midland Trophy is at Monmore Green on Monday night, when all four Intercontinental finalists will be back in action for their respective sides.